Re: [nysbirds-l] FW: L.I's. waters to Florida's waters

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi Bob, All,

The Razorbill trend in the southeast is definitely intriguing,
unprecedented, and perhaps alarming. For anyone interested, the
ornithologists over at eBird and BirdCast have tried to make sense of this
as well, concluding that the cause may be atypically warmer sea
temperatures in Razorbills' usual core wintering range that have disrupted
the normal patterns of occurrence of their prey and made those waters
unproductive.

Here are links to those articles:

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/razorbills-invade-florida
http://birdcast.info/forecast/razorbills-invade-florida/

As they note, it's definitely interesting how species of many different
families and widely different life histories are making southerly movements
this winter. Coincidence?


Good birding,
Benjamin Van Doren
White Plains, NY


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:04 AM, ROBERT ADAMO  wrote:

>
>
>
> --
> From: rada...@msn.com
>
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:57:40 -0500
>
>  With thanks to Tom Burke et al for finding/posting the Ponquogue Bridge
> Western Grebe this afternoon. Because this has only been the 2nd time I've
> been in the field since a week before Christmas, coupled with Ken Fuestel's
> post of both crossbill species at Cupsogue Co. Pk. this AM, today promised
> to be a good one...and it was  Upon arrival, I found Anthony Collerton
> heading for the area that Shai Mitra & Pat Lindsay were just leaving, after
> having seen the bird. They suggested walking on to Ken Fuestel's location,
> for the best looks possible. Ken put us right on the grebe, which because
> of my recent inactivity, strangely became my first grebe species of the
> year.
>
> Heading west toward Cupsogue (while on bittern patrol) I did see 2 Great
> Egrets.
>
> After checking every pine-tree west of the parking lot (as well as those
> in the parking lot)  I remain "crossbill-less", in this season of
> impressive numbers. Nevertheless, I would like to thank Ken for the
> much-needed hour of physical exercise !
>
> My luck changed however, while stopped for the red light at the
> intersection of Middle Rd .& Northville Tpke., Riverhead. As 3 birds passed
> fairly low overhead, their "jizz" and size differences marked them as
> geese, 2 canadas and 1 cackling.
>
> A friend's letter I recently received contained an undated news article
> which appeared in *The Naples News*, pertaining to the unprecedented
> numbers of razorbills in Florida's waters this winter. First reported from
> the state's northern coast on Dec.10, they have now been reported down the
> entire eastern seaboard, around the tip, and up the Gulf Coast to the
> "Panhandle". As evidence of this phenomenon, the article notes the 600
> razorbills seen by birdwatchers off Miami on a single day, when, prior to
> this season, there had been only 14 of this species recorded in all of
> Florida's history. It is theorized that the lack of food at it's normal
> wintering grounds is the prime reason for this alcid's deep southerly
> sojourn, with super- storm Sandy being a major cause of this condition by
> tearing through the marine food chain. Another factor given for this
> unusual migration, is the banner breeding season enjoyed by this species,
> whose young make up the majority of the birds mentioned. Rehabilitation
> clinics have reported that many razorbills have been found dead, with those
>  arriving alive, in emaciated and weak condition.
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
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[nysbirds-l] FW: L.I's. waters to Florida's waters

[ROBERT ADAMO]

From: rada...@msn.com
 
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:57:40 -0500





With thanks to Tom Burke et al for finding/posting the Ponquogue Bridge Western 
Grebe this afternoon. Because this has only been the 2nd time I've been in the 
field since a week before Christmas, coupled with Ken Fuestel's post of both 
crossbill species at Cupsogue Co. Pk. this AM, today promised to be a good 
one...and it was  Upon arrival, I found Anthony Collerton heading for the area 
that Shai Mitra & Pat Lindsay were just leaving, after having seen the bird. 
They suggested walking on to Ken Fuestel's location, for the best looks 
possible. Ken put us right on the grebe, which because of my recent inactivity, 
strangely became my first grebe species of the year. 
Heading west toward Cupsogue (while on bittern patrol) I did see 2 Great Egrets.
After checking every pine-tree west of the parking lot (as well as those in the 
parking lot)  I remain "crossbill-less", in this season of impressive numbers. 
Nevertheless, I would like to thank Ken for the much-needed hour of physical 
exercise ! 
My luck changed however, while stopped for the red light at the intersection of 
Middle Rd .& Northville Tpke., Riverhead. As 3 birds passed fairly low 
overhead, their "jizz" and size differences marked them as geese, 2 canadas and 
1 cackling. 
A friend's letter I recently received contained an undated news article which 
appeared in The Naples News, pertaining to the unprecedented numbers of 
razorbills in Florida's waters this winter. First reported from the state's 
northern coast on Dec.10, they have now been reported down the entire eastern 
seaboard, around the tip, and up the Gulf Coast to the "Panhandle". As evidence 
of this phenomenon, the article notes the 600 razorbills seen by birdwatchers 
off Miami on a single day, when, prior to this season, there had been only 14 
of this species recorded in all of Florida's history. It is theorized that the 
lack of food at it's normal wintering grounds is the prime reason for this 
alcid's deep southerly sojourn, with super- storm Sandy being a major cause of 
this condition by tearing through the marine food chain. Another factor given 
for this unusual migration, is the banner breeding season enjoyed by this 
species, whose young make up the majority of the birds mentioned. 
Rehabilitation clinics have reported that many razorbills have been found dead, 
with those  arriving alive, in emaciated and weak condition. 
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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park 1/13

[Richard Aracil]

Hi All,

Spent the afternoon in the Northern end of the park. Scanning from Orchard 
Beach resulted in the most interesting stuff. Despite the fog, managed to find 
3 Canvasback in with a raft of scaup against the shore of High Island, A 
White-winged Scoter fairly close to shore affording great looks, a lone Dunlin 
on the beach, and around 190 Common Goldeneye which is the most I've ever seen 
at this location.

Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Lyris eList Server

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good evening, everyone.

I wanted to let you all know that the Cornell Lyris Server for all eLists at 
Cornell University temporarily stalled early yesterday (Saturday) through late 
morning today (Sunday). After alerting the Cornell List Manager, he worked 
through Sunday morning to resolve the issue and get the server back online. You 
may notice a glut of messages that came through this afternoon but which were 
intended for delivery yesterday. The issue has tentatively been repaired but 
the List Manager is working with the vendor to produce a more permanent 
resolution to the bug in the system.

Apologies for the delays in message delivery!

Good birding!

Sincerely,
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[nysbirds-l] SPOTTED SANDPIPER, Purple Sandpipers - Niagara River 1/12

[Brett Ewald]

It was a wonderful day on Saturday for a Day Tour (1/12) along the Niagara 
River. We covered Goat Island on the U.S. side, and from the Horseshoe Falls 
all the way to Fort Erie on the Canadian side. We ended with 46 species, with 
many highlights, of which the Spotted Sandpiper  on the south end of Three 
Sister Islands (thanks to David Suggs for posting it yesterday) was the most 
notable.

Common Loon - 2
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Tundra Swan - 25+
16 species of duck
Gadwall - 10+
American Wigeon - 3
Canvasback - 1
Redhead - 25+
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Lesser Scaup - 700+
Greater Scaup - 300+
Long-tailed Duck - 3
BLACK SCOTER - 1 female between American and Horseshoe Falls
Common Goldeneye - 100+
Bufflehead - 500+
Hooded Merganser - 125+
Common Merganser - 25+
Red-breasted Merganser - 10+
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1 along south (upstream) end of Three Sister Islands 
(feeding in the shallow water near fallen logs as seen through the construction 
fencing).
PURPLE SANDPIPER - 2 on rocks above stranded barge by Horseshoe Falls
Bonaparte's Gull - 500+
Iceland Gull - 1 adult
Glaucous Gull - 1 1st winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 adult
Thayer's Gull - 1 2nd winter
Tufted Titmouse - 1 
Carolina Wren - 2 Goat Island

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach birding Jan 13th, Nassau County

[prosbird]

A lucky day on the 13th with dense fog becoming intermittent as the morning 
progressed and finally clearing up in mid afternoon , revealing our best 
sighting of the day.


The morning's early dense fog impacted our birding , forcing our attention 
towards land birds, which  right off the start , just east the Coast Guard 
station , the gazebo field, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR cooperatively revealed excellent 
looks for several observers until a PEREGRINE FALCON decided to perch on the 
short light tower by the Gazebo shelter around noon. The latter by the way 
spooked a huge flock of DUNLINS , at least 1500 birds  from the ocean side of 
the Jones Beach  towards West End and eastward where we saw scattered flock 
remnants along the bay side, including Coast Guard sand bar areas.


A long walk from the coast guard area towards the Roosevelt Nature Center 
offered salvage sightings despite the on and off fog of a flyover AMERICAN 
PIPIT, 23 HORNED LARKS in the field to the center's east and at least 40 
AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS along the sand trail , by the T junction.


Offshore, a decent number of both Loon species, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS on the 
Coast Guard sandbar, HORNED GREBES and LONG-TAILED DUCKS.


We decided after lunch to walk on thru the NYS DEC closed off fisherman lot ( 
near the Coast Guard main entrance) and upon passing the end lot, found an 
IPSWICH SPARROW. Deciding to continue on in a loop walk,a farther way down, 
closer to the mouth of Jones Inlet, we found our day's best bird near the 
middle of the inlet waters, a THICK-BILLED MURRE in excellent  views, resting a 
long time, drifting in outward current flow. Behind the Murre, a distance back 
along Point Lookout beach, about 15 COMMON EIDERS at the end of a jetty. A 
continuous walk  along the jetty wall, about 7 NORTHERN GANNETS seen , some 
flying along that jetty wall and later we saw 3 resting in the surf on the 
ocean side.


A long , weird weather day but very productive for a well spent winter day in 
our favorite season


Peter Dorosh
also observer Mary Eyster
Brooklyn Bird Club 



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Jan 13, 2013 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
34 species

Brant  X
Canada Goose  X
Mute Swan  X
American Black Duck  X
Greater Scaup  3
Common Eider  15
Long-tailed Duck  X
Bufflehead  X
Red-breasted Merganser  X
Red-throated Loon  X
Common Loon  X
Horned Grebe  X
Northern Gannet  6
Great Cormorant  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Dunlin  1500 one flock apparently spooked by Peregrine Falcon flying in 
from 
Ocean side
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Thick-billed Murre  1 3 pm mouth of Jones Inlet, short pointy bill, no 
white 
encroachment in face
Mourning Dove  19
Peregrine Falcon  1 perched an hour on short light tower near Coast Guard 
station
Horned Lark  23
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
American Robin  2
Northern Mockingbird  X
American Pipit  1 calling bird over Roosevelt Nature center
Lapland Longspur  1 Coast Guard Station  field, mult observers
Song Sparrow  11
Dark-eyed Junco  X
House Finch  X
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X

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[nysbirds-l] Western Grebe at Ponquogue Bridge, Shinnecock (Suffolk Co.)

[ken feustel]

After whiffing on the Western Grebe at Montauk earlier this week, i was able to 
catch the Western Grebe at Ponquogue Bridge later this afternoon. Kudos to Tom 
Burke and Gail Bensin for discovering the bird, and thanks to Pat Lindsay and 
Shai Mitra for alerting me to the birds presence. A few distant photos of the 
bird can be found at my flickr site.

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn thick-billed Murre

[Isaac Grant]

The bird has made it way north east an is now near shore bordering the golf 
course. It is farther down the trail at the marine nature center and is near 
the cages for the driving range.

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Thick-billed Murre update (YES)...

[Andrew Baksh]

Still being seen when I .left the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Area.
Earlier, Eric Miller, Doug Futumya and I made the schelp down the beach/muddy
shoreline along Gerristen Creek trying to catch up with the swift moving *
THICK-BILLED MURRE*.

Many thanks to Rob Jett who provided intel on the whereabouts of the bird
as it moved from its original place from where it was found and thanks to A
rie Gilbert, Jean Loscalzo and Captain Bob, who kept track of the bird's
whereabouts via boat.

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
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On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:02 PM,  wrote:

> Eric Miller just called to report the new location of the Thick-billed
> Murre. It is now in the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center area
> (Gerristen Creek).
> He said it was hanging out in the water just north of the island, near
> the wooden overlook and bench that uis along the main trail.
>
>
> Closest parking is in the large parking lot on the north side of Avenue
> U, or along Burnett St.
>
> It sounded like the bird was roughly here:
> 40.5989,-73.923962
>
> Trail access is here:
> 40.604146,-73.930179
>
> The satellite view on Google Maps for this area is outdated, and the bulge
> of sand is now a restores grassy area surrounded by a gravel path.
>
> Good luck if you go,
> -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Thick-billed Murre update

[fresha2411]

Eric Miller just called to report the new location of the Thick-billed Murre. 
It is now in the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center area (Gerristen Creek).
He said it was hanging out in the water just north of the island, near the 
wooden overlook and bench that uis along the main trail.


Closest parking is in the large parking lot on the north side of Avenue U, or 
along Burnett St.

It sounded like the bird was roughly here:
40.5989,-73.923962

Trail access is here:
40.604146,-73.930179

The satellite view on Google Maps for this area is outdated, and the bulge of 
sand is now a restores grassy area surrounded by a gravel path.

Good luck if you go,
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[nysbirds-l] Western Grebe Ponquogue Bridge west of Shinnecock Inlet

[Gail Benson]

Tom Burke, Bob Shriber and I are looking at the Western Grebe 1:30 just
west of the Ponquogue Bridge.   Gail Benson

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[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck info

[David Klauber]

I found the Tufted Duck on the pond next to St. John's Church in the extreme ne 
corner of Nassau County about 11:30 this morning. This is adjacent to the fish 
hatchery for those unfamiliar with the area on 25A. It was with a group of Ring 
necked ducks very close to the fence behind the church. It drifted off to the 
right (west) and probably disappeared behind a large fallen tree near the 
shore. I'm not sure because we were distracted by a Eurasian-type Widgeon, 
either a male coming out of eclipse or a hybrid - the sides were similar to the 
nearby American Widgeon. The tuft was wet and not sticking out at all - in fact 
you could see the wet tuft feathers contrasting with the rest of the dark head 
feathers. It could be missed with its head tucked in except for the white sides 
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[nysbirds-l] Thick billed Murre brooklyn

[Arie Gilbert]

Currently being seen in shellbank creek  

view location:  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:40.587348,-73.91612


01/13/2013 @ 12:50 PM

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[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck cold spring

[Arie Gilbert]

Dave Klauber called to report (re?) locating a Tufted duck in the pond at the 
St. John's church pond today in cold spring harbor 


01/13/2013 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Barrow's Goldeneye @ Jamaica Bay (YES)...

[Shane Blodgett]

For those trying to catch the Barrow's in the morning before it flies out keep 
in mind that the West Pond is now a tidal lagoon and high tide was around 9 
today. Last week I made the mistake of trying when it was low tide and there 
were 0 Goldeneyes on the "pond" pre-dawn.  The North Channel and South channels 
 were also extremeIy low and I could not find the Barrow's in either also.

I would think the best days to look are when the high tide is between 5-8 a.m. 

Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY

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On Jan 13, 2013, at 7:26 AM, Andrew Baksh  wrote:

> Despite foggy conditions, Eric Miller and I just enjoyed looks at the
> continuing Drake Barrow's Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay West Pond.
> 
> Unfortunately, the Goldeneyes are already on the move.  Thanks to Jeff
> Ritter for his report yesterday.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Barrows Goldeneye Montauk lake Yes

[Tom Moran]

Continues m/f at S Lake Dr

Tom Moran

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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[Debbie Becker]

A misty day at the Saturday morning bird walk. Highlights include Great Horned 
Owls and White Winged Crossbills. The cloudy day forced most the hawks down and 
their presence controlled the ground birds from foraging. Cooper's and Red 
tailed hawks dominated the Garden. A Goshawk, hiding inside an tubular 
evergreen, gave interesting thought as what he was up to. 

White winged Crossbill-2
Cedar waxwing-1
House Finch-16
American Goldfinch-6
Red bellied woodpecker-1
Red breasted nuthatch-1
White breasted nuthatch-1
Northern Cardinal-2
Blue Jay-7
Tufted Titmouse-7
Black capped chickadee -12
Dark eyed Junco-4
White throated sparrow-5
Northern Mockingbird -1
Mallard-8
Mourning Dove-1
Cooper's Hawk-3
Red tailed Hawk-4
Goshawk-1
Great Horned Owl-2

Good birding,
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BirdingAroundNYC.com


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[nysbirds-l] Cackling @ Van Cortlandt Park Bronx (YES)...

[Andrew Baksh]

One CACKLING GOOSE continues on the Parade Grounds.  No sign of the
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[nysbirds-l] Barrows Goldeneye - Jamaica Bay W.R.

[Jeffrey Ritter]

I observed  a drake BARROWS GOLDENEYE on a raft of approximately 100  
COMMON GOLDENEYE on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay early this morning.


I was aware that a BARROWS was around Jamaica Bay again this winter  
since the Brooklyn Christmas Count when it was spotted by Doug Gochfeld.


I arrived at the breach along the south dike about 7:10 in the half  
light. Although some Goldeneye were already in the air when I  
arrived, the BARROWS stayed put until about 7:30 affording me  
repeated good scope views.


Good luck if you go!

Jeff Ritter
Little Neck, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Common / Eurasian Teals

[Steve Walter]

Yes, that's plural. I got around to checking out Smith Pond's as part of a
normal winter circuit that I do in that area of Nassau (including Mill River
and Bay Park). Instead of the ho hum of seeing a known bird, I unexpectedly
saw that there are two Common Eurasian Green-winged Teals. That became
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began feeding in the open (foraging, as some might say). I got nice scope
looks (code for "forget about pictures"). Might be worth mentioning that
there are 3 Pintails on the lake.

 

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Bayside, NY

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] Central Suffolk Birds (Suffolk Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

We started our day at Cupsogue County Park, where we saw more scoters  
in ten minutes than we saw in two and a half hours of birding at  
Montauk Pt. the other day. Highlights included a flock of forty-seven  
White-winged Crossbills with about three Red Crossbills in the pines  
at the west end of the parking lot.  As we left Cupsogue and headed  
east on Dune Road an American Biittern flew out of one of the salt  
marshes. We then proceeded north to Hulse Landing Road, passing the  
very sad scene of thousands of waterlogged cars parked on the old  
Grumman airfield. We stopped at  the power line cut and were instantly  
greeted by numerous sparrows flying up from the patches of brussel  
sprouts.  We recorded eight species of sparrows, including Vesper  
Sparrow (2), White-crowned (5), and Chipping (1).  We concluded our  
trip at a foggy Eastport Pond, which yielded a single Cackling Goose  
before the fog worsened. Lastly, an eagle-eyed Pat Lindsay found a  
Wilson's Snipe on the south side of Montauk Highway.

Ken & Sue Feustel

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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park addendum

[Jack Rothman]

The following species were inadvertently omitted from our list of 1/12/13 :
City Island Birds and Brooklyn Birding Club 

American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Winter Wren
Hairy Woodpecker
Wild Turkey
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rock Pigeon

53  species total

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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park

[Jack Rothman]

Thirty or so birders from City Island Birds and the Brooklyn Birding Club 
joined forces for a great day of birding in Pelham Bay Park on 1/12/13. 
Highlights included two Barred Owls, a Saw-Whet Owl and a Great Horned Owl.
Other birds included:
Dunlin
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
White-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse 
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Scaup
American Kestrel
Red-tailed hawk
American Crow
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Common Goldeneye
Brant
Belted Kingfisher
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
American Wigeon
Bufflehead
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great Cormorant
Horned Grebe
Hermit Thrush
Ruddy Duck
Mourning Dove
Blue Jay
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull

Jack Rothman
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[nysbirds-l] Barrow's Goldeneye @ Jamaica Bay (YES)...

[Andrew Baksh]

Despite foggy conditions, Eric Miller and I just enjoyed looks at the
continuing Drake Barrow's Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay West Pond.

Unfortunately, the Goldeneyes are already on the move.  Thanks to Jeff
Ritter for his report yesterday.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
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[nysbirds-l] Thick-billed Murre in Brooklyn right now

[fresha2411]

Rob Jett just called to report that he and Heydi Lopes have just found a 
Thick-billed Murre in Dead Horse Bay.


It is behind the usual massive flock of Greater Scaup (which includes at least 
one Canvasback that they just found).


>From his description, it sounds like the Murre is roughly here:
40.582019,-73.90224


Viewed from here:
40.581579,-73.896339


If coming by car, you must park at Aviator Sports Parking Lot (across Flatbush 
Avenue, in Floyd Bennett Field), and walk south. I suppose that alternatively 
you could park in the Brooklyn Golf Driving Range, but it is not much closer 
and is technically private (I think).
The entrance to the Aviator Lot is here (at a traffic light):
40.590335,-73.900652


Walk down the street to the access of the trails (a bus stop is also here) here:
40.581571,-73.891704


Plugging these coordinates into Google Maps will yield a green arrow marking 
the locations.


Good Birding
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.



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[nysbirds-l] Barrow's Goldeneye @ Jamaica Bay (YES)...

[Andrew Baksh]

Despite foggy conditions, Eric Miller and I just enjoyed looks at the
continuing Drake Barrow's Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay West Pond.

Unfortunately, the Goldeneyes are already on the move.  Thanks to Jeff
Ritter for his report yesterday.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park

[Jack Rothman]

Thirty or so birders from City Island Birds and the Brooklyn Birding Club 
joined forces for a great day of birding in Pelham Bay Park on 1/12/13. 
Highlights included two Barred Owls, a Saw-Whet Owl and a Great Horned Owl.
Other birds included:
Dunlin
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
White-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse 
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater Scaup
American Kestrel
Red-tailed hawk
American Crow
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Common Goldeneye
Brant
Belted Kingfisher
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
American Wigeon
Bufflehead
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great Cormorant
Horned Grebe
Hermit Thrush
Ruddy Duck
Mourning Dove
Blue Jay
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull

Jack Rothman
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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park addendum

[Jack Rothman]

The following species were inadvertently omitted from our list of 1/12/13 :
City Island Birds and Brooklyn Birding Club 

American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Winter Wren
Hairy Woodpecker
Wild Turkey
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rock Pigeon

53  species total

Jack Rothman
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[nysbirds-l] Central Suffolk Birds (Suffolk Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

We started our day at Cupsogue County Park, where we saw more scoters  
in ten minutes than we saw in two and a half hours of birding at  
Montauk Pt. the other day. Highlights included a flock of forty-seven  
White-winged Crossbills with about three Red Crossbills in the pines  
at the west end of the parking lot.  As we left Cupsogue and headed  
east on Dune Road an American Biittern flew out of one of the salt  
marshes. We then proceeded north to Hulse Landing Road, passing the  
very sad scene of thousands of waterlogged cars parked on the old  
Grumman airfield. We stopped at  the power line cut and were instantly  
greeted by numerous sparrows flying up from the patches of brussel  
sprouts.  We recorded eight species of sparrows, including Vesper  
Sparrow (2), White-crowned (5), and Chipping (1).  We concluded our  
trip at a foggy Eastport Pond, which yielded a single Cackling Goose  
before the fog worsened. Lastly, an eagle-eyed Pat Lindsay found a  
Wilson's Snipe on the south side of Montauk Highway.

Ken  Sue Feustel

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[nysbirds-l] Common / Eurasian Teals

[Steve Walter]

Yes, that's plural. I got around to checking out Smith Pond's as part of a
normal winter circuit that I do in that area of Nassau (including Mill River
and Bay Park). Instead of the ho hum of seeing a known bird, I unexpectedly
saw that there are two Common Eurasian Green-winged Teals. That became
apparent when the teal flock came out of resting along the far shore and
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there are 3 Pintails on the lake.

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 

 


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[nysbirds-l] Barrows Goldeneye - Jamaica Bay W.R.

[Jeffrey Ritter]

I observed  a drake BARROWS GOLDENEYE on a raft of approximately 100  
COMMON GOLDENEYE on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay early this morning.


I was aware that a BARROWS was around Jamaica Bay again this winter  
since the Brooklyn Christmas Count when it was spotted by Doug Gochfeld.


I arrived at the breach along the south dike about 7:10 in the half  
light. Although some Goldeneye were already in the air when I  
arrived, the BARROWS stayed put until about 7:30 affording me  
repeated good scope views.


Good luck if you go!

Jeff Ritter
Little Neck, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Cackling @ Van Cortlandt Park Bronx (YES)...

[Andrew Baksh]

One CACKLING GOOSE continues on the Parade Grounds.  No sign of the
Barnacle Goose, although the flock does seem smaller, so it may be
somewhere else (trying to be optimistic).

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Barrows Goldeneye Montauk lake Yes

[Tom Moran]

Continues m/f at S Lake Dr

Tom Moran

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On Jan 10, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Arie Gilbert ariegilb...@optonline.net wrote:

 
 01/10/2013 @ 12:50 PM
 
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[nysbirds-l] Western Grebe Ponquogue Bridge west of Shinnecock Inlet

[Gail Benson]

Tom Burke, Bob Shriber and I are looking at the Western Grebe 1:30 just
west of the Ponquogue Bridge.   Gail Benson

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Thick-billed Murre update

[fresha2411]

Eric Miller just called to report the new location of the Thick-billed Murre. 
It is now in the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center area (Gerristen Creek).
He said it was hanging out in the water just north of the island, near the 
wooden overlook and bench that uis along the main trail.


Closest parking is in the large parking lot on the north side of Avenue U, or 
along Burnett St.

It sounded like the bird was roughly here:
40.5989,-73.923962

Trail access is here:
40.604146,-73.930179

The satellite view on Google Maps for this area is outdated, and the bulge of 
sand is now a restores grassy area surrounded by a gravel path.

Good luck if you go,
-Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. 


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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Thick-billed Murre update (YES)...

[Andrew Baksh]

Still being seen when I .left the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Area.
Earlier, Eric Miller, Doug Futumya and I made the schelp down the beach/muddy
shoreline along Gerristen Creek trying to catch up with the swift moving *
THICK-BILLED MURRE*.

Many thanks to Rob Jett who provided intel on the whereabouts of the bird
as it moved from its original place from where it was found and thanks to A
rie Gilbert, Jean Loscalzo and Captain Bob, who kept track of the bird's
whereabouts via boat.

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
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On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:02 PM, fresha2...@aol.com wrote:

 Eric Miller just called to report the new location of the Thick-billed
 Murre. It is now in the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center area
 (Gerristen Creek).
 He said it was hanging out in the water just north of the island, near
 the wooden overlook and bench that uis along the main trail.


 Closest parking is in the large parking lot on the north side of Avenue
 U, or along Burnett St.

 It sounded like the bird was roughly here:
 40.5989,-73.923962

 Trail access is here:
 40.604146,-73.930179

 The satellite view on Google Maps for this area is outdated, and the bulge
 of sand is now a restores grassy area surrounded by a gravel path.

 Good luck if you go,
 -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn thick-billed Murre

[Isaac Grant]

The bird has made it way north east an is now near shore bordering the golf 
course. It is farther down the trail at the marine nature center and is near 
the cages for the driving range.

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer
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[nysbirds-l] SPOTTED SANDPIPER, Purple Sandpipers - Niagara River 1/12

[Brett Ewald]

It was a wonderful day on Saturday for a Day Tour (1/12) along the Niagara 
River. We covered Goat Island on the U.S. side, and from the Horseshoe Falls 
all the way to Fort Erie on the Canadian side. We ended with 46 species, with 
many highlights, of which the Spotted Sandpiper  on the south end of Three 
Sister Islands (thanks to David Suggs for posting it yesterday) was the most 
notable.

Common Loon - 2
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Tundra Swan - 25+
16 species of duck
Gadwall - 10+
American Wigeon - 3
Canvasback - 1
Redhead - 25+
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Lesser Scaup - 700+
Greater Scaup - 300+
Long-tailed Duck - 3
BLACK SCOTER - 1 female between American and Horseshoe Falls
Common Goldeneye - 100+
Bufflehead - 500+
Hooded Merganser - 125+
Common Merganser - 25+
Red-breasted Merganser - 10+
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1 along south (upstream) end of Three Sister Islands 
(feeding in the shallow water near fallen logs as seen through the construction 
fencing).
PURPLE SANDPIPER - 2 on rocks above stranded barge by Horseshoe Falls
Bonaparte's Gull - 500+
Iceland Gull - 1 adult
Glaucous Gull - 1 1st winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 adult
Thayer's Gull - 1 2nd winter
Tufted Titmouse - 1 
Carolina Wren - 2 Goat Island

Brett
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Lyris eList Server

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good evening, everyone.

I wanted to let you all know that the Cornell Lyris Server for all eLists at 
Cornell University temporarily stalled early yesterday (Saturday) through late 
morning today (Sunday). After alerting the Cornell List Manager, he worked 
through Sunday morning to resolve the issue and get the server back online. You 
may notice a glut of messages that came through this afternoon but which were 
intended for delivery yesterday. The issue has tentatively been repaired but 
the List Manager is working with the vendor to produce a more permanent 
resolution to the bug in the system.

Apologies for the delays in message delivery!

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park 1/13

[Richard Aracil]

Hi All,

Spent the afternoon in the Northern end of the park. Scanning from Orchard 
Beach resulted in the most interesting stuff. Despite the fog, managed to find 
3 Canvasback in with a raft of scaup against the shore of High Island, A 
White-winged Scoter fairly close to shore affording great looks, a lone Dunlin 
on the beach, and around 190 Common Goldeneye which is the most I've ever seen 
at this location.

Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] FW: L.I's. waters to Florida's waters

[ROBERT ADAMO]

From: rada...@msn.com
 
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:57:40 -0500





With thanks to Tom Burke et al for finding/posting the Ponquogue Bridge Western 
Grebe this afternoon. Because this has only been the 2nd time I've been in the 
field since a week before Christmas, coupled with Ken Fuestel's post of both 
crossbill species at Cupsogue Co. Pk. this AM, today promised to be a good 
one...and it was  Upon arrival, I found Anthony Collerton heading for the area 
that Shai Mitra  Pat Lindsay were just leaving, after having seen the bird. 
They suggested walking on to Ken Fuestel's location, for the best looks 
possible. Ken put us right on the grebe, which because of my recent inactivity, 
strangely became my first grebe species of the year. 
Heading west toward Cupsogue (while on bittern patrol) I did see 2 Great Egrets.
After checking every pine-tree west of the parking lot (as well as those in the 
parking lot)  I remain crossbill-less, in this season of impressive numbers. 
Nevertheless, I would like to thank Ken for the much-needed hour of physical 
exercise ! 
My luck changed however, while stopped for the red light at the intersection of 
Middle Rd . Northville Tpke., Riverhead. As 3 birds passed fairly low 
overhead, their jizz and size differences marked them as geese, 2 canadas and 
1 cackling. 
A friend's letter I recently received contained an undated news article which 
appeared in The Naples News, pertaining to the unprecedented numbers of 
razorbills in Florida's waters this winter. First reported from the state's 
northern coast on Dec.10, they have now been reported down the entire eastern 
seaboard, around the tip, and up the Gulf Coast to the Panhandle. As evidence 
of this phenomenon, the article notes the 600 razorbills seen by birdwatchers 
off Miami on a single day, when, prior to this season, there had been only 14 
of this species recorded in all of Florida's history. It is theorized that the 
lack of food at it's normal wintering grounds is the prime reason for this 
alcid's deep southerly sojourn, with super- storm Sandy being a major cause of 
this condition by tearing through the marine food chain. Another factor given 
for this unusual migration, is the banner breeding season enjoyed by this 
species, whose young make up the majority of the birds mentioned. 
Rehabilitation clinics have reported that many razorbills have been found dead, 
with those  arriving alive, in emaciated and weak condition. 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] FW: L.I's. waters to Florida's waters

[Benjamin Van Doren]

Hi Bob, All,

The Razorbill trend in the southeast is definitely intriguing,
unprecedented, and perhaps alarming. For anyone interested, the
ornithologists over at eBird and BirdCast have tried to make sense of this
as well, concluding that the cause may be atypically warmer sea
temperatures in Razorbills' usual core wintering range that have disrupted
the normal patterns of occurrence of their prey and made those waters
unproductive.

Here are links to those articles:

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/razorbills-invade-florida
http://birdcast.info/forecast/razorbills-invade-florida/

As they note, it's definitely interesting how species of many different
families and widely different life histories are making southerly movements
this winter. Coincidence?


Good birding,
Benjamin Van Doren
White Plains, NY


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:04 AM, ROBERT ADAMO rada...@msn.com wrote:




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 From: rada...@msn.com

 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:57:40 -0500

  With thanks to Tom Burke et al for finding/posting the Ponquogue Bridge
 Western Grebe this afternoon. Because this has only been the 2nd time I've
 been in the field since a week before Christmas, coupled with Ken Fuestel's
 post of both crossbill species at Cupsogue Co. Pk. this AM, today promised
 to be a good one...and it was  Upon arrival, I found Anthony Collerton
 heading for the area that Shai Mitra  Pat Lindsay were just leaving, after
 having seen the bird. They suggested walking on to Ken Fuestel's location,
 for the best looks possible. Ken put us right on the grebe, which because
 of my recent inactivity, strangely became my first grebe species of the
 year.

 Heading west toward Cupsogue (while on bittern patrol) I did see 2 Great
 Egrets.

 After checking every pine-tree west of the parking lot (as well as those
 in the parking lot)  I remain crossbill-less, in this season of
 impressive numbers. Nevertheless, I would like to thank Ken for the
 much-needed hour of physical exercise !

 My luck changed however, while stopped for the red light at the
 intersection of Middle Rd . Northville Tpke., Riverhead. As 3 birds passed
 fairly low overhead, their jizz and size differences marked them as
 geese, 2 canadas and 1 cackling.

 A friend's letter I recently received contained an undated news article
 which appeared in *The Naples News*, pertaining to the unprecedented
 numbers of razorbills in Florida's waters this winter. First reported from
 the state's northern coast on Dec.10, they have now been reported down the
 entire eastern seaboard, around the tip, and up the Gulf Coast to the
 Panhandle. As evidence of this phenomenon, the article notes the 600
 razorbills seen by birdwatchers off Miami on a single day, when, prior to
 this season, there had been only 14 of this species recorded in all of
 Florida's history. It is theorized that the lack of food at it's normal
 wintering grounds is the prime reason for this alcid's deep southerly
 sojourn, with super- storm Sandy being a major cause of this condition by
 tearing through the marine food chain. Another factor given for this
 unusual migration, is the banner breeding season enjoyed by this species,
 whose young make up the majority of the birds mentioned. Rehabilitation
 clinics have reported that many razorbills have been found dead, with those
  arriving alive, in emaciated and weak condition.

 Cheers,
 Bob
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